Biologists on Tuesday said they had figured out how the New Caledonian crow, a bird famed for using tools, does its party trick. Corvus moneduloides, a native of France's South Pacific territory of ...

Brains are key organs because they make sense of the world and make us successfully navigate through our lives. While all animals have brains, some species have rather large brains relatively to their ...

"Bird brain" may take on a new meaning, following the discovery that crafty crows can use tools to solve even complex, multi-stage tasks. Researchers from the University of Auckland in New Zealand ...

Researchers can now 'hitch a ride' with wild birds and witness their natural and undisturbed behaviour. Scientists developed miniaturised video cameras with integrated radio-tags that can be carried ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sulphur-crested cockatoos drink water from a fountain in Sydney, Australia. - Courtesy Barbara Klump & Lucy Aplin First, these ...

What makes a crow a match for a chimpanzee? Our brain makes up only about two percent of our body weight, but consumes about 20 to 25 per cent of the body’s energy. “Our brains are the most expensive ...

Some birds are so clever and industrious that they’ve got quasi-jobs picking up after humans. Puy du Fou, a history-based theme park in Les Epesses, France, has trained six rooks to pick up trash in ...

With the winter chill set to stay with us for a little longer, it's been a tough few months for our wildlife. Yet, despite the frosty mornings and biting winds, birds have a remarkable set of tricks ...

Brains are key organs because they make sense of the world and help us successfully navigate through our lives. While all animals have brains, some species have rather large brains relatively to their ...